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Oct 16, 2024 By By Andy Von Pip Photography by Nigel John

Newcastle (UK) -based band Pit Pony have released their latest single and video, Well Well, through Clue Records and EMI North. Inspired by a pivotal moment in Katie Atkinson’s A God In Ruins, the song reflects on the profound experience of facing death, whilst still sounding propulsive, urgent, and uplifting.

The video for Well Well takes a light-hearted approach to the daily grind of parenthood, a theme close to vocalist Jackie Purver’s heart. As both a mother and a musician, she navigates the balance between family life and her career in music. Jackie shares, “As an emerging artist, you don’t have many conversations about parenthood or often second guess doing so. You’re working towards goals like getting a booking agent, manager or label, who at the end of the day need to put food on their tables and are inevitably thinking ‘how much money can I make out of this band if they can only go on tour and be away from home for a couple of days tops at a time’. I remember reading an article by Emmy the Great where she talked openly and proudly about taking her baby on tour, and it was so refreshing to see her embrace motherhood without feeling the need to sacrifice her music goals. Sometimes it feels like there’s an unwritten rule that women in music aren’t allowed to get old and have children, and that’s one of the reasons why we wanted to do this video—the more we talk about being mothers the better, because it is obviously a massive lived experience and should be normalised.”

With more music on the horizon, Pit Pony show no signs of slowing down—if anything, they’re mastering the art of spinning more plates than ever, and may well break a few on the way - but they’ll “push through.”

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